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— Carroll Quigley"The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn is a very significant one."
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Although objectively greater demands are placed on this authority, it operates less as a public opinion giving a rational foundation to the exercise of political and social authority, the more it is generated for the purpose of an abstract vote that amounts to no more than an act of acclamation within a public sphere temporarily manufactured for show or manipulation.
— Jurgen Habermas
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I do not believe that there was ever a question of being abstract or representational. It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing, and stretching one's arms again transcendental experiences became possible.
— Mark Rothko
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